MOUNT HOLLY — A jury unanimously acquitted Ed “Weedman” Forchion on Thursday of charges he intended to distribute the pound of marijuana he was found carrying on April Fool’s Day in 2010.

The jury of two men and 10 women deliberated for 90 minutes, not counting a lunch break, before returning with the not guilty verdict.

“I told you so,” Forchion told the clutch of supporters sitting behind him in the audience, who let out a cheer until a deputy sheriff told them to pipe down.

The jury started deliberating after hearing Forchion deliver his own final arguments. He told the jury at the time that he was munching on cookies laced with marijuana during the summation.

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After the jury went in to consider the evidence — including a bag of pot the size of a loaf of bread — Forchion asked Burlington County Superior Court Judge Charles Delehey to return his “medicinal” pot if he beats the charges. Delehey called the pot “contraband” and said it would not be returned.

Forchion earlier also angered Delehey by telling the jury they were allowed to disregard New Jersey laws against possession of marijuana, and police rules for charging possession with intent to distribute.

In his closing arguments, Assistant Burlington County Prosecutor Michael Lusiano said the pound of pot represented at least 6,000 joints of pot — way more than anyone would need for medical purposes.

Forchion, arrested in Mount Holly, allegedly was carrying the pound in a tied off turkey basting bag but none of the baggies or other pararphernalia associated with the dealing of pot.

He also contends he was permitted to have pot when he lived and worked at a marijuana clinic in California — before the feds shut down the place and forced him to head home to Jersey with enough herb to deal with his painful deep bone tumors.

Luciano told the jury the lack of baggies and other paraphernalia meant nothing, that that much pot constituted intent to distribute. But the jury saw it differently. None of the jurors would comment immediately after leaving the courtroom.